Alexandra Ojeda
Miami,FL
Summary
Reliable Dental Assistant with strong knowledge of dentistry practices. Well-rounded professional skilled handling multiple tasks, including making dental impressions, sterilizing stations and taking X-rays. Highly organized with experience in charting and preparing patient treatment plans.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Dental Assistant / Cerec Design
.
10.2023 - Current
- Design/milling cerec crowns, implant crowns, onlays, veneers
- Invisaling
- Performed administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments and managing patient records.
- Maintained patient charts, including medical histories, medications, and allergies..
- Coordinated office activities by communicating with other departments and staff members.
- Tracked inventory levels of dental materials, tools, and equipment to ensure sufficient stock was always available.
- Managed incoming calls from patients regarding appointments or inquiries about services offered.
- Assisted in the training of new dental assistants by providing guidance on protocols and processes.
- Assisted dentists in permanent and temporary restorative procedures, applied dental fillings, placed temporary crowns and seated permanent crowns.
Dental Assistant
.
01.2020 - 09.2023
- Assisted dentist in providing dental treatment to patients, including taking patient medical histories and vital signs.
- Prepared dental materials such as amalgam, composite resin, impression material and cements for use by the dentist.
- Provided chair-side assistance during dental procedures, including passing instruments to the dentist and holding suction devices.
- Took digital X-rays of teeth using radiographic equipment.
- Sterilized instruments according to established guidelines and protocols.
- Provided support services such as stocking rooms with supplies, cleaning trays and changing linens between patients.
- Reviewed patient charts prior to visits to ensure that all relevant information was available for the doctor's review.
- Provided chair-side assistance during dental examinations and procedures to boost efficiency and calm nervous patients.
- Superior working knowledge of dental procedures and terminology
- Provided comprehensive post-operative dental procedures to patients
- Fabricated a temporary crowns and bridges
- Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
- Ability to perform regulated non-surgical tasks
- Digital scan
Education
Master of Science - Prostodonthics
UNITEC
Mexico City01.2020
D.D.S - General Dentist
Universidad Católica De Cuenca - Cuenca
Ecuador07.2016
Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Patient schedule management
- Taking X-rays
- Sterilization techniques
- Disinfecting rooms and equipment
- Open Dental proficiency
- Restorative procedures
- Treatment room setup
- Restorative dentistry
- Four-handed procedures
- Oral X-Rays
- Digital Scan
- Cerec
- Itero
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Lead Dental Assistant / Cerec Design
.
10.2023 - Current
Dental Assistant
.
01.2020 - 09.2023
Master of Science - Prostodonthics
UNITEC
D.D.S - General Dentist
Universidad Católica De Cuenca - Cuenca